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0 pointseggsnbacon16y ago0 comments

their "store" failed because nobody wanted to go through all their BS.

Now they're making it so anyone with a keyboard can add to their package manager. Probably with the end goal of a walled garden ala Android and Apple.

The next stage is probably to "sandbox" whatever code runs in these installers into a virtual restricted environment. I would bet money on it.

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mavhc6y ago· 2 in thread

Sounds like a good idea, hey, that's exactly what Windows 10X does.

Do you really want every app to have access to pretty much every piece of user data on the system, and every other app?

eggsnbacon1OP6y ago

I just want to be given the option. 90% of the creepy stuff MS and Google do is for "performance" and "security"

mavhc6y ago

Well, that's why there's Linux

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